Roger Bland

Dr Roger Bland

Roger Farrant Bland, OBE (born 3 April 1955) is a British curator and numismatist. At the British Museum, he served as Keeper of the Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure from 2005 to 2013, Keeper of the Department of Prehistory and Europe from 2012 to 2013, and Keeper of the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory from 2013 to 2015. Since 2015, he has been a visiting professor at the University of Leicester and a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge.

Honours

The British Academy President's Medal

On 6 May 1993, Bland was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA). In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to Heritage". In 2014, he was awarded the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society. In 2016, he was awarded the President's Medal by the British Academy "for his contribution to the protection, and academic and public understanding, of Britain’s cultural heritage".

Selected works

• Roger Bland; Robert Carson (1982). Coin hoards from Roman Britain: The Blackmoor hoard. British Museum.
• Edward Besly; Roger Bland (1983). The Cunetio treasure: Roman coinage of the third century A.D. Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications. ISBN 978-0-7141-0857-5.
• Roger Bland; Catherine Johns (1993). The Hoxne Treasure: An Illustrated Introduction. British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0-7141-2301-1.
• Sam Moorhead; Anna Booth; Roger Bland (2010). The Frome Hoard. British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0-7141-2334-9.
• Roger Bland; Xavier Loriot (2010). Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins Found in Britain and Ireland: With an Appendix of New Finds from Gaul. Royal Numismatic Society. ISBN 978-0-901405-59-3.
• Kevin Leahy; Roger Bland (2014). The Staffordshire Hoard. British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0-7141-2342-4.

External links

• Curriculum Vitae